The current status of the elemental defense hypothesis in relation to pathogens

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Hörger, Anja C ^a   Fones, Helen N ^b   Preston, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis halleri; Defensive enhancement; Joint effects; Metal hyperaccumulation; Noccaea; Pseudomonas syringae; Reactive oxygen species; Thlaspi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895072465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00395     Document Type: Review

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